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Copying how leaves turn sunshine into energy

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Did you know Trivia - Scientists at Bangor University are trying to copy the way that leaves create energy.

As leaves, nature's most efficient form of solar energy production, are bursting into view all around us, the Bangor scientists are investigating whether it is possible to replicate plant life's ability to turn sunlight into energy.

The Bangor team, led by Dr Peter Holliman from the School of Chemistry, are set to begin a feasibility study into 'biosolar energy', or harnessing the sun's energy potential. using the same methods as used by plant-life- photosynthesis in newly designed solar cells.

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